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What it is: A Lifetime of Color is a fun interactive environment where students can learn about, and study, art and artists. in these “Art Edventures”, students will discover how great artists made their famous works and learn tips and techniques for create their own masterpieces. A Lifetime of Color is split into activities for primary and intermediate students. In the ...

What it is: Picture Book Maker is a fun little online picture book creator (bet you couldn’t have guessed that from the name!). What makes this picture book creator unique is the great illustration elements that students can use in their story. The illustrations look hand drawn with crayon and can be adjusted to fit the story. Each picture has actions, ...

This two-class lesson focuses on students learning how to draw a cat using geometric shapes, learning and applying wet-on-wet technique of watercolor painting, and using crayon to create area surrounding cats. The final art product will be a mixed media painting of one cat and one kitten in an indoor or outdoor environment. Students will orally present their completed artwork using ...

This is an integrated lesson based on a French book entitled Petit Bleu et Petit Jaune (Little Blue and Little Yellow) by Leo Lionni. Within the lesson, students will experiment with various colors to create new colors and eventually write their own version of this story. A lesson plan for Grades K–1 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education and ...

This ReadWriteThink unit engages high school students in a study of the relationship between masks and cultures. Students research mask making from various cultures, draw sketches of the masks, and take notes that highlight the connections between the masks and the cultural practices of the people who created them. Using this information, students recreate the cultural masks and compose poetry to ...

The student will create a new cereal and design an original box as their final for Art 1. This is a cumulative assignment incorporating the skills and techniques studied and developed throughout the course of the year. h4. Learning outcomes Students will: develop awareness of a marketing issue by applying the art skills learned this semester similar to what a graphic ...

Students study the anatomy of a face and use what they have learned about rendering faces and three dimensional objects to create thumbnail sketches of expressive faces on jugs. They learn to blend values to create the illusion of volume in both facial features and clay jugs. Three dimensional understanding is reinforced by adding expressive facial features to coiled clay jugs. ...

In this lesson, students will discover the meaning of "rhythm," "patterns," "color," and "texture" through the performance and modeled analysis of a class "symphony." Students will also evaluate the impact of each element on the whole work and note personal reactions and connections to this art form. Students will then work in small groups to apply the same elements and personal ...

This is a lesson for seventh grade Social Studies students to learn and demonstrate the mummification process used in ancient Egypt. *_A lesson plan for Grade 7 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies_* h4. Learning outcomes To allow students to experience a hands-on demonstration of the ancient religious art form of mummification. *_Time required for lesson: 2 Hours_* h4. Materials/resources Mummies ...

Students will study interior design as a profession. They will integrate their study with math, writing, vocational education, and computer skills by designing their own dream bedroom. This plan could be expanded to make three-dimensional scale constructions of a room. This is a lesson plan for Grades 6–8 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Computer Technology Skills and Mathematics h4. Students ...

This lesson plan is intended to encourage learners to integrate the visual arts with science and appreciate nature. Students will create a round or square stepping stone using colored glass pieces with a mortar and sand mixture. The students will have the opportunity to watch the stepping stones attract various types of small animals like birds and butterflies. As a result, ...

Students will be creating an original papier-mâché mask that expresses an emotion. In doing this, they will be expanding upon their knowledge of representing the human face while further developing technical skills in papier-mâché sculpture and acrylic painting. *_A lesson plan for Grades 6–8 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education_* !http://teaching.monster.com/nfs/teaching/photos/0000/8550/Picture_1.png! h4. Students will: * 1. discuss how the human ...

As part of a unit on Medieval Art, students will become familiar with some of the works of Hieronymus Bosch. They will identify symbols and imagery of fear and will be able to relate this to some of their own fears and nightmares. h4. Learning outcomes h4. Students will: become familiar with the work of Hieronymus Bosch. gain proficiency in identifying ...

This is an interdisciplinary unit that incorporates research of historical events of the past century. By students learning to recognize that society impacts the themes within art and literature, students then take this knowledge base and interview an individual to develop a biographical narrative, a collage, and oral presentation. h4. Learning outcomes h4. Students will: 1. research and analyze historical events. ...

This lesson will provide students with an initial, successful experience with clay. They will begin with a small, palm-size piece of soft clay, mold it into a ball, and then create a small rounded pot. *_A lesson plan for Grade 6 Visual Arts Education_* h4. Students will * 1. learn how to be sensitive to the nuances of shaping clay with ...

Students will review three different types of boomerang shapes, use stencils to draw and cut out these, shapes and use various art materials and mediums to design their surfaces. *_A lesson plan for Grade 6 Visual Arts Education_* h4. Students will: 1. Gain knowledge of boomerang shapes while engagong in decision making (cognitive critical thinking) as to how they will design ...